David Cameron drops strong hint of new law to enshrine British Bill of Rights

David Cameron, the Prime Minister, disclosed that ministers are looking at
strengthening the powers of courts in England and Wales to over-rule
judgements handed down by the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg

Prime Minister David CameronPhoto: REUTERS

By Christopher Hope, Chief Political Correspondent

9:16AM GMT 18 Jan 2016

The Government is preparing to pass a new law to reinforce supremacy of UK courts over Strasbourg as part of its creation of a British Bill of Rights reforms.

David Cameron, the Prime Minister, disclosed that ministers are looking at strengthening the powers of courts in England and Wales to over-rule judgements handed down by the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.

Prime Minister David Cameron Photo: AP

He said the UK had already asserted the sovereignty of Parliament in 2010 when we past the Referendum Act which means that powers cannot be passed from the UK to Brussels without a referendum.

But he added: “If it is necessary to do that again, to make it even more clearer to people that our Parliament is sovereign. I think there is a good case and we will look very carefully at that.”